Felix is not better than Dickey, in fact no one is better than Dickey this year, yesterday included. That being said, depending on your league setup (example: my league favors pitchers), you still might have the better guys already. I agree with Pedroia>Young and Stras>Lester. Grandy is on a hot team and hits lots of HR. I’d turn down that deal for sure. If he’s willing tod deal Dickey, go after him with a player or two you can give up.

Thanks for the input everyone! Stephen, I’m not a fan of this deal.Strasburg + Felix > Lester + Dickey, particularly in a keeper league. Let’s call Granderson to Stanton a wash. Pedroia > Young and I’ll give Upton the edge over A-Gon. You are getting Casilla, but that’s not enough to counteract the overall SP downgrade and the 2B downgrade.

Should I be worried about Chris Sale being shut down or being kept on a strict pitch count at some point

Also I got offered a deal where i would get Josh Hamilton for Kershaw and Pedroia, I dont really need an outfielder but i would be more then willing to drop or trade alex rios to make room for hamilton, i have being trying to trade pedrioa, the only part of the deal that worries me is Kershaw, my pitching staff would still be good without kershaw, as i also have Chris sale, Cueto,, Vance Worley,, Lance Lynn, Chris Capuano, James Mcdonald and AJ Burrnet. Should I make this deal?

Depends on what your SS situation is like. If the player you’re using right now at SS is mediocre, I’d be more inclined to make the trade and bank on Tulo giving you elite level production when he comes back, which might not be until late August. But overall, I’d be wary of making the trade. Is five weeks of Tulo really worth the OF downgrade? I’m skeptical.

I prefer Samardzija in general due to the higher K upside and the fact that he’s simply having the better year. But if you’re in a weekly league and could really benefit from Hochevar’s two-start week, I’m not against you going with him.

1800 411 crystal ball gazing,
11 team roto mixed , 4 keepers vanilla. I have offered all but one of my starters to pick up a closer in the league (Shield, Sanchez,McCarthy DL now, Scherzer) and not one bite, not even a comment in the topic box! Nobody in this league wants to trade with the Aussie! I have just made the #1 spot but feel I am sliding in the closer numbers with Fuentes (others Kimbrel/Valverde) pretty much being non existant.Rizzo seems to be on the verge of getting the call up and thinking to place a 1B on the trade block to try and catch a closer. Morse (pick 21 value), Freeman , Michael Young ( 3 positiion eligable). My offence is strong in rankings but pitching probem is saves, ERA and WHIP.
Options off the wire are D,Hernandez, Hisashi Ishikawa (good option as he can slot into SP spot), Glen Perkins/Jared Burton,Veras, Camp. To pick one up I will need to drop Lucroy (DL spot), Maldonado in now as I am sticking with the hot catcher, and place McCarthy on the DL position.
Sorry it is so long winded, but as you can see, one choice forces a few canges and frankly I this the 1B option is better as none of the Wire options really show any more promise than being stuck with Fuentes in the first place!
Fyi- my four keepers options are plenty-Harper, Trout, McCutchen, Stanton,Braun, Freeman, Rizzo (pick 25+), Freeman and Ackley.

I’m totally fine with you trading one of those 1Bs if you can get a quality closer in return, but one thing I’d definitely do first is grab Perkins (and maybe even Burton too if you have the room, but Perkins would be my preference) as we’re still not sure when Capps will return.

Hi Zach,
10 team H2H 12×13 8 keeper league. I have Tulo on the DL, and have been riding Scutaro for the past 21 GP. Although he was been doing great for me, a manager in my league dropped Lowrie and his 13HRs during Jed’s recent struggles. Curious to know if this would be a viable upgrade until Tulo returns. Also, doing a quick look on the wire and both Seagar and Cozart are there too. Not looking for a long term nor a Mon/Thurs player, just an upgrade until either Tulo or Bonifacio return off the DL on my team.

I wouldn’t do this. Looks like both JJ and Wainwright have gotten their acts together, so I think you’d be overpaying by trading both of them at that price for a non-elite player in Choo. If it were Johnson OR Wainwright for Choo, I’d do it. Not both.

OK, I like the JJ/Wainwright side then. I prefer Wainwright to JJ. When both are at the top of their games, Wainwright has been the slightly better pitcher, and though Adam is coming off a major injury, Johnson has been plagued by injuries throughout his whole career. Every year is an adventure for him.

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